India, Jan. 31 -- The inclusion of two north India-bound special trains from Dadar in the latest issue of 'Trains At a Glance', the official timetable of the Indian Railways, has irked travellers to Maharashtra's Konkan region, who have been seeking extension of the Diva-Ratnagiri passenger train till Dadar for several years.

On Wednesday, a delegation of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) met Central Railway (CR) officials to press on the demand and were assured of swift action. With polls to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and other civic bodies scheduled later this year, the issue is likely to be further politicised.

The two north India-bound special trains - between Dadar and Ballia, and Dadar and Gorakhpur - were...